Combined thill-support and antirattler



(No Model.)

J. SHURTER. COMBINED THILL SUPPORT AND ANTIRATTLER. No. 603,776.

Patented May 10,1898.

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JUSTIN SHURTER, OF ROSENDALE, NEW YORK.

COMBINED THlLL-SUPPORT AND ANTIRATTLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,776, dated May 10,1898.

Application filed \Tune 30, 1897. Serial No. 642,983. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JUSTIN SHURTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rosendale, in the county of Ulster and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a CombinedVehicle-Shaft Support and Antirattler and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to a combined support and antirattler attachmentfor vehicle-shafts and its object is to provide a simple, cheap, andeffective device of this character for holding the shafts elevated andpreventing rattling at the coupling parts which unite the shafts to thefore axle.

To the accomplishment of this end the invention consists in the novelconstructions and combinations hereinafter more fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a crosssectional view of a fore axle and a part sectional view of aclip and shaft-iron, showing.

in side elevation. my improved shaft-support and antirattler; and Fig. 2is an enlarged detail perspective view of my improved support v removed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a thill or shaft,and 2 the fore axle, to which the shaft-iron 1 is swiveled by a coupling8. 4:, engaging the axle and provided with a forwardly-projecting shankor arm 5, to which the eye l of the shaft is swiveled by a crossbolt 6and a bottom clamping-plate 5, which bears against the under side of theaxle.

This coupling comprises a clip between the shanks or arms 5 of thethillcoupling and is clamped firmly between said coupling and the saideye 1"- of the shaft-iron,

so that the front end of the coupling and rear end of the shaft haveposition between the arms of said U body portion 8 of the device and arein direct vertical line therewith. The opposite limb 9 of the support isextended to form a reduced spring-arm 10, which is bent inwardly andoutwardly and is formed at its extremity with a coil 11, as shown. Ad-

'jacent to the coil the arm passes through a guide-loop 12 on theshaft-iron 1 and bears against the under side thereof. This guideloopprevents the spring-arm from moving laterally and slipping out of place,and the coil 11 serves as a stop to abut against said guide-loop andprevent the spring-arm from moving rearwardly and becoming disconnectedtherefrom by vertical play of the shafts.

From the construction and relation of parts herein described it will beseen that the inner or rear limb of the support 7 is clamped between theswiveled end of the shaft and clip and is thereby rigidly secured andthat the spring-arm 10 of the support is free to yield or givevertically to permit the shafts to have freedom of movement to a limitedextent, while preventing undue play, and consequently rattling of thejoint parts due to horse motion. When the vehicle is not in use, thesupports hold the shafts raised in position for hitching up.

My invention, while simple in construction and effective in operation,is cheap to manufacture and may be made ornamental, if desired, to addto the attractiveness of the vehicle.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In shaft attachments, the combination with the fore axle and shaft, of acoupling comprising a clip 4 engaging the axle and provided withtheforwardly-projecting arms 5 and bottom clamping-plate 5, a shaft-ironhaving an eye swiveled to the arms 5 and a guide-loop 12, and a combinedantirattler and shaft-support 7 comprising a strip of spring metalhaving a U-shaped body portion 8 provided with a straight limb 8 bearingagainst the clamping-plate 5 and having a segmental In testimony whereofI aflix my signature extremity 8 bearing against the shaft-iron inpresence of two Witnesses. eye and clamped thereby against the clip, anda curved limb 9 extended to form a spring- 5 arm 10 having its free endprojecting through Witnesses:

the guide-100p 12 and formed with a stop-coil CHARLES S. TILSON, 11,substantially as described. FRANK SMITH.

JUSTIN SHURTER.

